Tampering by office-based methadone maintenance patients with methadone take home privileges: A pilot study

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Varenbut, Michael ^a   Teplin, David ^a   Daiter, Jeff ^a   Raz, Barak ^a   Worster, Andrew ^a   Emadi Konjin, Pasha ^a   Frank, Nathan ^a   Konyer, Alan ^a   Greenwald, Iris ^a   Snider Adler, Melissa ^a  

^a Ontario Addiction Treatment Centres ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249084764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-4-15     Document Type: Article

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